The next occupant of the vacant Boston University men’s hockey coaching job? It probably won’t be David Quinn (Cranston, R.I.). Quinn, the former coach at BU who was fired as head coach of the New York Rangers last year, told New England Hockey Journal he wants to return to an NHL head coaching job. "I...
The next occupant of the vacant Boston University men’s hockey coaching job? It probably won’t be David Quinn (Cranston, R.I.).
Quinn, the former coach at BU who was fired as head coach of the New York Rangers last year, told New England Hockey Journal he wants to return to an NHL head coaching job.
"I love the NHL game. I learned an awful lot my time in New York, especially my last year there, and that's where I want to be,” Quinn said on New England Hockey Journal's RinkWise podcast. “I want to take what I learned over my three years in New York and apply it hopefully in my next job in the National Hockey League.”
Quinn replaced longtime BU coach Jack Parker (Somerville, Mass.) in 2013 and spent five years at the school, where he compiled a 105-69-21 record. He was hired as head coach of the Rangers in 2018, but he only made the playoffs once in three seasons and was fired after a 27-23 campaign in 2021.
"It's a very volatile profession. Unfortunately, guys are going to lose jobs here in the next month,” Quinn said.
When BU fired Albie O’Connell earlier this spring, Quinn emerged as a potential replacement. But the lure of the NHL, not to mention the hefty salaries coaches can earn there, are still calling him.
Quinn's remarks came a few hours before Jerry York (Watertown, Mass.) announced he would retire as the Boston College coach, which puts the two rival schools' jobs open at the same time.
"My next challenge is to coach the World Championship team, which I'm looking forward to,” Quinn told the RinkWise podcast. “But I want another crack at the National Hockey League."
Listen to Quinn's remarks on 'RinkWise'
Hear the full conversation with Quinn on the next episode of RinkWise when it drops Friday morning.
